Display device for vehicle

Abstract

A display device for a vehicle comprises an instrument for a vehicle ( 1 ), which includes a plate having a surface on which characters are provided ( 8 ), an indicating needle ( 7 ) rotatably disposed along a surface of the plate ( 8 ), and a transparent cover ( 25 ) disposed in a surface side of the plate ( 8 ) separately from the plate ( 8 ), and a small display portion ( 35 ) is disposed in a portion of the transparent cover ( 25 ) to be a floating state to the plate ( 8 ), and a new visual effect having a stereoscopic feeling can be obtained because the small display portion ( 35 ) can be seen as the floating state to the surface of the plate ( 8 ).

1. An instrument for a vehicle comprising:
 a plate having a surface on which characters are provided;  
 an outer periphery wall member of a cylinder shape for surrounding a periphery of said plate on the surface side;  
 a cylindrical housing disposed inside the outer periphery wall member by aligning an axis line with the outer periphery wall member;  
 a transparent cover which extends from a top of the housing to a back end of an edge portion of the outer periphery wall member, and is integrally connected to the back end of edge portion, wherein said transparent cover includes a reflective surface so as to reflect an outside light toward an inner circumference surface of said outer periphery wall member, wherein said outer periphery wall member is formed by a transparent material having the similar a quality of material similar to said transparent cover;  
 a light emitting portion formed on a tip edge portion of the outer periphery wall member by disposing concealing means in side faces of the outer periphery wall member, and an illumination light from a light source is disposed in a said back end of the edge portion side of said outer periphery wall member that is led to the light emitting portion.  
 
   
   
     2. The instrument for the vehicle according to  claim 1 , wherein the concealing means provided on the side faces of said outer periphery wall member comprises an internal cylinder member and an external cylinder member, wherein said outer periphery wall member is contained between the internal cylinder member and the external cylinder member. 
   
   
     3. The instrument for the vehicle according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a light emitting ring member in which an inner periphery face and an outer periphery face of the light emitting ring member are adopted to merge with an inner periphery face of the internal cylinder member; and  
 an outer periphery face of the external cylinder member is disposed in said light emitting portion of said tip edge portion of said outer periphery wall member separately from the internal cylinder member and the external cylinder member.  
 
   
   
     4. The instrument for the vehicle according to  claim 3 , wherein said light emitting ring member includes a metallic gloss, and a thin layered surface treatment which is capable of transmitting illumination light that is applied to the light emitting ring member. 
   
   
     5. A display device for a vehicle comprising:
 a plate having a surface on which characters are provided;  
 an indicating needle which is disposed on the plate and is rotatable along the surface of the plate;  
 a cylindrical housing which is disposed on a base portion of the indicating needle and extends upward from the base portion;  
 an outer periphery wall member of a cylinder shape for surrounding a periphery of the plate on the surface side; and  
 a transparent cover which is disposed to extend from a top of the housing to an edge portion of the plate separately from the plate on the surface side of the plate, and includes a reflective surface so as to reflect an outside light toward an inside face of said outer periphery wall member;  
 wherein a small display section is provided in the top portion of the housing.  
 
   
   
     6. The display device for the vehicle according to  claim 5 , wherein said small display section is contained in the housing, and an outside face of the housing and the base portion of said indicating needle are arranged approximately concentrically, or the outside face of said housing is constructed to have a diameter larger than the base portion of the indicating needle. 
   
   
     7. The display device for the vehicle according to  claim 6 , wherein the outside face of the housing of said small display section a tapers toward said plate. 
   
   
     8. The display device for the vehicle according to  claim 5 , wherein a passage hole which lets through a harness for supplying power to said small display portion is disposed in the base portion of said indicating needle, and the passage hole is adopted as a non-interference shape in which a harness does not interfere to a rotation of the indicating needle. 
   
   
     9. An instrument for a vehicle comprising:
 a plate having a surface on which characters are provided;  
 an outer periphery wall member of a cylinder shape for surrounding a periphery of said plate on the surface side;  
 a cylindrical housing disposed inside the outer periphery wall member by aligning an axis line with the outer periphery wall member;  
 a transparent cover which extends from a top of the housing to a back end of edge portion of the outer periphery wall member, and is integrally connected to the back end of edge portion;  
 wherein said transparent cover includes a reflective surface so as to reflect an outside light toward an inner circumference surface of said outer periphery wall member;  
 said outer periphery wall member is formed by a transparent material having a quality of material similar to said transparent cover;  
 a light emitting portion is formed on a tip edge portion of the outer periphery wall member by disposing concealing means in side faces of the outer periphery wall member wherein the concealing means provided on the side faces of said outer periphery wall member comprises an internal cylinder member and an external cylinder member, and said outer periphery wall member is contained between the internal cylinder member and the external cylinder member;  
 a light emitting ring member in which an inner periphery face and an outer periphery face of the light emitting ring member is adopted to merge with an inner periphery face of the internal cylinder member and an outer periphery face of the external cylinder member disposed in said light emitting portion of said tip edge portion of said outer periphery wall member separately from the internal cylinder member and the external cylinder member, wherein said light emitting ring member includes a metallic gloss, and a thin layered surface treatment which is capable of transmitting the illumination light that is applied to the light emitting ring member; and  
 an illumination light from a light source disposed in said back end of an edge portion side of said outer periphery wall member that is led to the light emitting portion.  
 
   
   
     10. A display device for a vehicle comprising:
 a plate having a surface on which characters are provided;  
 an indicating needle which is disposed on the plate and is rotatable along the surface of the plate;  
 a cylindrical housing which is disposed on a base portion of the indicating needle and extends upward of the base portion;  
 an outer periphery wall member of a cylinder shape for surrounding a periphery of the plate on the surface side;  
 a transparent cover which is disposed to extend from a top of the housing to an edge portion of the plate separately from the plate on the surface side of the plate, and includes a reflective surface so as to reflect an outside light toward an inside face of said outer periphery wall member;  
 a small display section provided in the top portion of the housing wherein said small display section is contained in the housing, and an outside face of the housing and the base portion of said indicating needle are arranged approximately concentrically, or the outside face of said housing is constructed to have a diameter larger than the base portion of the indicating needle, and wherein the outside face of the housing of said small display section tapers, toward said plate; and  
 a passage hole which lets through a harness for supplying power to said small display portion disposed in the base portion of said indicating needle, wherein the passage hole is adopted as a non-interference shape in which a harness does not interfere with the rotation of the indicating needle.